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Should I update in release day 1 or wait for 26.1 and then update?

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thohnb

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Hi!


Just one month and ten days to go before we can finally use Tahoe (macOS 26) on our beloved Macs!


I’m just an average user, so I’ve decided to wait for the official release. But I’m curious—should I update on day one, or is it better to wait for version 26.1 before upgrading? To fix all bug on day 1
 
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C'mon, live a little...upgrade early. If you have room, partition your Mac and have Sequoia on one partition, Tahoe on the other. Boot back to which ever you want to run whenever you want. That's what I do.
 
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But I’m curious—should I update on day one, or is it better to wait for version 26.1 before upgrading? To fix all bug on day 1
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There have been & will be countless threads about this. Ask any three MacRumors posters for their opinions, and you’ll get (at least) four different answers.

I have multiple Macs, which simplifies it for me. One Mac gets beta, then the “official” release when it comes out. If any issues, I can then delay upgrading the others. But, in my experience over the last 10+ releases, I don’t recall having to delay even to the .1 version; app issues are normally resolved by dev updates within a few days.
 
I don't think there's an official release date for it. They usually release them in the fall around the iPhone event. Sometimes that's pretty late in September though, or even October if I recall correctly.
 
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I don't know where you got one month and ten days from. It will almost certainly not come out until late-ish September (at the earliest). The release date will be announced around the time of the September iPhone event (at the earliest).

I upgraded to Sequoia on the day after launch. I'm not doing that again, there were firewall issues that I had to fight with that weren't properly fixed until 15.2. They then broke more stuff (i.e. I think full disk backups were broken in 15.2 and fixed in 15.3, and then Canon RAW images were broken in 15.4 and fixed in 15.5). So... I think I'm going to start waiting a *nice long time* before I do major macOS releases, like until around when they start doing beta release for the *next* one. There isn't a big draw to Tahoe anyway, other than the design refresh.
 
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A common tactic I have heard for updates of any kind (from any vendor, for any product) is to wait 30 days. If a patch is released during the 30 days, reset the clock.
 
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PotentPeas said:
I don't know where you got one month and ten days from. It will almost certainly not come out until late-ish September (at the earliest). The release date will be announced around the time of the September iPhone event (at the earliest).

I upgraded to Sequoia on the day after launch. I'm not doing that again, there were firewall issues that I had to fight with that weren't properly fixed until 15.2. They then broke more stuff (i.e. I think full disk backups were broken in 15.2 and fixed in 15.3, and then Canon RAW images were broken in 15.4 and fixed in 15.5). So... I think I'm going to start waiting a *nice long time* before I do major macOS releases, like until around when they start doing beta release for the *next* one. There isn't a big draw to Tahoe anyway, other than the design refresh.
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I'm sorry. It was my mistake about the lreasw day.

Anyway: It there anyway to stop OS force to update when is released? Same as you, I'm gonna wait for long time and feel safe before upgrade it.
Also, I'm still in love with 15.6 so no need to hurry
 
I'll be upgrading on day one as I've always done and never regretted it. On my newest computers I'll always use the latest/greatest and not be left behind.
 
I don't think there's an official release date for it. They usually release them in the fall around the iPhone event. Sometimes that's pretty late in September though, or even October if I recall correctly.
 
I mean, I'm running a developer beta as a daily driver and I'm not encountering any system-wide instability or other issues. Some graphical flakiness, but that's it. I would recommend updating at 26.1 if you're worried, but this is likely the most beta-tested update in Apple's history, so updating on launch day is going to be relatively safe practice.

As with ANY update, back up your system drive before you make the jump. I have a backup image of Sequoia on an external solid state storage unit in case I want to restore the system to pre-Tahoe status if things get weird. If you have a backup, you can try things out, get disappointed, and be back in your stable prior installation within a couple hours.
 
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n-evo said:
Every year, with every new macOS release the same question. Every year the same answers. 😂
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It's up to you.
No one can answer for you.

Personal experience:
My 2018 Mini is still running the same OS as it did the day I took it out of the box in January 2019 - Mojave. I deliberately kept it that way so it could continue to run 32 bit software for years after the "newer" Mac OS's no longer supported 32 bits.
 
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Anyway: It there anyway to stop OS force to update when is released? Same as you, I'm gonna wait for long time and feel safe before upgrade it.
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Turn off automatic OS updates, and ignore the periodic nag popups. When an update does drop, make sure you are installing the macOS 15 version (i.e. 15.7, 15.7.1, 15.7.2, ... will all be releasing simultaneously with 26.x updates). If you want to disable the update nag alerts, you can use a configuration profile and muck in the terminal, look here: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ys.2436999/page-3?post=33626862#post-33626862
 
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